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JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1944 – August 20, 1968
Service recordJerome Eddie Wally Jansen, of Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 9
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
- ROY MARVIN JOHNSONSergeant · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 7
- SAMUEL ARTHUR FEWFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 8
- JAMES WALTER GATESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 8
- DONALD EUGENE LISENBYSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 10
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.